Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything.
WILLIAM COWPERBlest be the art that can immortalize,–the art that baffles time’s tyrannic claim to quench it.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Satire is, more than those he brands, to blame; He hides behind a magisterial air He own offences, and strips others’ bare.
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Variety’s the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.
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And the tear that is wiped with a little address, May be follow’d perhaps by a smile.
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We are never more in danger than when we think ourselves most secure, nor in reality more secure than when we seem to be most in danger.
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…So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
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Tea – the cups that cheer but not inebriate.
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A fretful temper will divide the closest knot that may be tied, by ceaseless sharp corrosion; a temper passionate and fierce may suddenly your joys disperse at one immense explosion.
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Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.
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The man to solitude accustom’d long, Perceives in everything that lives a tongue; Not animals alone, but shrubs and trees Have speech for him, and understood with ease,
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The still small voice is wanted.
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There is in souls a sympathy with sounds.
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But oars alone can ne’er prevail To reach the distant coast; The breath of Heaven must swell the sail, Or all the toil is lost.
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The Spirit breathes upon the Word and brings the truth to sight.
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Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
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The only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue; the only lasting treasure, truth.
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